Michelle Rhee announced her exciting next move on Oprah yesterday: www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Michelle-Rhees-Big-Annoucement-Video.  Here's a NYT article on it, which quotes DFER's Joe Williams:

"If there's anyone who can raise a billion for this, it's going to be Michelle," said Joe Williams, the executive director of Democrats for Education Reform, recalling that Ms. Rhee was greeted like a rock star at a political event his group hosted a couple of years ago in Denver.

¶ Joel I. Klein, the departing New York City schools chancellor, credited Ms. Rhee's outspokenness and media presence — she is a principal figure in the hit education documentary "Waiting for 'Superman' " — with raising the profile of education issues.

¶ "I never thought I'd say this, but education has become sexy in America, partly because of Michelle," Mr. Klein said.

¶ Despite her setback in Washington, Ms. Rhee is not tempering any of the fire that sometimes made her divisive.

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A Former Schools Chief Shapes Her Comeback

By TRIP GABRIEL

Published: December 6, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/us/07rhee.html